Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-03-12
The bundle was no Longer omIsaIng."


Il WAS
felt resigned Iconsoled myself. even
became glad. ! reflected that II II had been
stockings of q rare and peculiar quality
and certainly my sister, knowing my fas-
tidlous taste, wouldn't have sent me
common silk stockings-that they might
have been the cause Of producing oil sorts
of disasters.
For instance, II they had been silk
stockings of uncommon beauty, | should
have no shoes TO match. might have
found something at O'Neil's TO match;
or il not to match, to do tolerably. And
| good graciousl there would have been q
pretty bill to pay. Then my dress would
have had to be of simple elegance
We all know what that means "Simplc
elegance is the most expensive kind Of
elegance in the market TO dress in sim
pie elegance and SIT in an ordinary parlor
would have been impossible. To make
over my parlor, and fit my clothes would
have been financial ruin to my husband,
and moral ruin to my boys.
But / did want to know what was in
| the bundle, and did want IL found, be-
cause 1t might have been something else
| that wasn't moral and financial ruin.
The months wore away, and it was six
months since / had first heard of my
bundle. 1t was December, and my sister
was coming home, and oil that time had
passed without having heard q word
| about the bundle. went to New York
| to meet Mrs. Bowen, but had dread
full cold on my lungs and could scarcely
speak, and as / was visiting far up street
did not go to the dock.to meet her, but
waited till she reached the hotel; and
walked into the Brevoort house half an
hour after she reached there. After five
minutes of saying, 'How do you doH'
"Are You awfully tiredg'' "Did you have
rough timer 1900 bal you were
sickr' There never is anything else to
say when your dearest friends have been
gone a few ycars-at least, not at first,
said:
"For PHYS sake, do tell me what was
In that bundle you sent inep'
My sister was reading one Of the heaI
of letters that had been handed her juai
as l entered the room. After few Sec
onds she raised her eyes and dropped the
letter.
"Oh, yes" she said, 81 am glad you
spoke of that. I've been wondering what
in tho world you meant in all your
later letters by forever asking me about
o bundle"
"Yes, the bundle; do tell me about it..
kept writing and writing you about it,
and you never answered Why didn't
your"
eyes" said my sister, "your letters be-
came really quite frantic about bundle.
Now will you tell me what you meant
by it?'
l began to open my mouth, when she
said:
"You see couldn't make head or tail
of it, and writing mixes things up so,
thought would wait until l saw you"
"Well, what was in it?'' said.
"In what2'
She looked extremely puzzled.
"In what9' l almost shrieked. Iwould
have shrieked If / could have, but my
cold was so bad that / could just speak
above a whisper. "Why, tho bundle, Of
course"
"What bundlcs' And she really did
speak very loud. "What bundle? don't
know what on earth you mean"
"The bundle you sent me by Mr.
Haven. What other bundle can mean?'
"Tho bundle sent you by Mr.. Haven
never sent you any bundle by Mr.
Haven't
fell back in my chair and gasped.
couldn't speak for moment, and then
repeated:
"Never sent me any bundle by Mr.
Haven't
Never! What nm ideal What made
You think / did?'
When l could collect my senses and my
breath, told her the story from beginning
20 end, and then she was as astonished
and mystified as we all had been. She
solemnly asserted that she never had sent
mo any bundle by any one, and that If she
had ever sent me present, it wasn't al
MI likely she would have forgotten it.
And that was perfectly true. She could
not have forgotten it if she had sent me 3
Gift, and I knew it. But ON the Other
Iand, there was Mr.. Haven and his posi-
i've assertion, and hurt feelings, etc.
From that day to this it has remained
an absolute mystery. The word of Mrs
Bowen is not to be disputed; neither Il
the word Of Mr.. Haven.
!, There have been q great many explana
, tons of this affair of the bundle, ant
: many questions asked. This is q speci
, men:
"Why didn't you go to the Twenty
third street office; it would naturally
, have gone there from the Brunswick"
but it was never sent"
"Oh yes, to be surcr
, My sister still says she never sent 0
! bundle; but Mr.. Haven said the last time
/, knew of his speaking of it:
81 took bundle Just as / said did,
If this is so, what did become of "Tht
, Bundle. katharine b. Foot in Cosmo
, politan.
Federal Entry into yicksburg.
was standing in front of our head
quarters when the Federal army made
their grand entry into Vicksburg They
were good way off when we first heard
their drums as they sounded the tum-
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